The past few years have been troublesome for the National Rifle Association. Considering my being an NRA Certified Instructor, Coach, and Safety Officer, I am very impressed in their recent strategic outcomes of the new NRA Board’s elections of new leadership. The new NRA President is former Georgia Congressman, Bob…
So, What’s All This About “Smart Guns”? “Biofire Technologies unveiled the Biofire Smart Gun®, a 9mm handgun that uses fingerprint and facial recognition bio-metrics ….” (/PRNewswire – April 13, 2023)1 Quoting from the developer’s (Biofire) press release above, “The 9mm handgun fires only for authorized users, ensuring it can’t be…
“Societies exist under three forms [of government] sufficiently distinguishable. 1. Without government, as among our Indians. 2. Under governments wherein the will of everyone has a just influence, as is the case in England in a slight degree, and in our states in a great one.3. Under governments of force:…
You Don’t Have Any Bad Habits, or do you? Shoot Better With Good Habits Who, me? Oh ya, sure, I’ve got a few, but I’ll spare you my details! A few months ago, I saw an article in NRA’s Shooting Illustrated authored by Steve Tarani, titled “Developing Good Shooting Habits”.…
“The Rest of the Story” ? For some, we well remember this regular weekend radio show by Paul Harvey, a well-known and well read radio news personality, who did a daily News program, and “The Rest of the Story” every Saturday morning, looking more deeply into one storie of the…
I’m tired of a special purpose “media” castigating an inanimate object (a gun) and raging about “gun violence”.And I’m tired of the fickle finger of blame being cast at a “vast right-wing conspiracy” of “gun-loving NRA members” with cries to “just do something”! The recent shootings at a Texas elementary…
Nope, that’s the last one! In April of 2021 President Biden nominated David Chipman (pictured) to be the new head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (BATFE). Chipman spent 25 years as a special agent in the BATFE, monitoring firearm trafficking from Virginia to New York City,…
In my past corporate life, I conducted Stephen Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” seminars, teaching participants how seek excellence. In Dr. Covey’s writings, espoused as his 5th Habit, he focuses on the principle of “Seek First to Understand”. In his context, his focus was on oral communications, however…
“ATF Admits To Secret Database Of “Nearly One Billion Gun Records” Zero Hedge by Tyler Durden; Monday, Jan 31, 2022 – 09:40 PM What a bomb shell headline – must be a conspiracy theory, huh? Nope! That’s not me in the photo, or the author of the headline…besides the hat…
SO, WHICH IS IT – MYTH OR REALITY? (copies of referenced materials are available at the end of the article) I attended a training session conducted by a USMC veteran and NRA senior training counselor – I’ll call him Marty. I had earned my NRA Instructor credential several years prior,…
“Gun Violence”? Really, Come on Man… Just VOTE!!! I’ve had this topic on my to-do list for quite some time, struggling with exactly how to address it without sounding like a broken record…after all, it isn’t a new concept! The July 21st issue of The Winchester Star (https://is.gd/7c2nwN) ran a…
What’s Your Plan? Recently I came across an article1 that aligned perfectly with the principles of Outcomes Today’s Personal Safety instruction. In the Situational Awareness lesson of our NRA Refuse To Be A Victim ®class, one idea presented which we suggest all to adopt is to “have a plan”; a…
Is it For You? Bob’s Blog July 17, 2021 I am always a little curious about handguns in America, both in general and, more specifically, about the topic of Concealed Carry. We’ve all heard the reports of the past 12-18 months about purchases, background checks, and owners new to the…
on being a “Responsibly Armed American” For those of you that have taken any of my instructional programs, you have heard me utter these three words passionately and frequently – at least so I hope! I guess I first heard this explanation of how one should practice our Second Amendment…
“The Problem: “You finally took the plunge. You bought a gun for protection. You took a class. You got your permit to carry concealed. You are all set—another thing checked off the bucket list of things to do. Is it that easy, or is there more to it?” (As quoted…
Personal Safety Is Always A Priority! “It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times,It Was The Age Of Wisdom, It Was The Age Of Foolishness……in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received,…
If Mr. Paine were designing a training program to educate early Americans on the necessities of forming a new republic, how would he have designed that course? He knew his objective was to educate the citizenry of this fledgling nation on the merits of forming their own government and break…
